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of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that tho average dally
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flnliserlbers learlnir the city
trsfiponirlly "ho u 1,1 linye The lire
rantlrd to them. Address vrlll lie
ebaasjed n often its requested.
Not oven tho weather man can
guess right ovory time.
8U11, December rain '.will wet the
ground, preferable a -snow would
be. . '.
With Jenny' andMohn, the Llnd
household may be sure of a perma
nent place In history.
Banks aro tho most, prompt of all
correspondent. If you do not be
lieve It, Just overdraw,
Florida .strawberries are reported
to be available at 75 cents a quart,
but that does not help out the egg
situation.
The "safety first", propaganda has
' spread from land to sea, not, how
.over, because' It has entirely con
quered the Jond.
ffo, the ''old weBj" has not com
pletely vanished. Dank robbers
p,tlll. go on horseback Instead of In
sutos. In a few .places. .
Is
Hava nn nmatjiiir nlillnannViai..
'ThA pa'nilidataa . thai cl 'Vti.nl
rsjlection dav .am Fan thn ra.
! ' Z ') , "T-f---fT' "". .mw w
call." And that's ho He!
& C.
Huerta persists In saying th,e
j United Mates will do nothing, but
he Is evidently changing his mind
f about 'Carransa and Villa.
f Tfsewa', how to torglvo and forgot,"
observes Senator Hitchcock's news
paper. Stop youcoddllng.
Some of bis South American ad
mirers have presented tho colonel
with a fine horso. What he really
went out to got, though, was an' ele
phant and a donkey.
The experts keep telling us that
the Uago Is nil right It properly
danced. More than that, ovory
couple that dancee aro dead sure
they dance properly,
The secretary of war calls for an
additional military appropriation of
$10,000,000;. the secretary of navy
for three dreadnaughts. Then
some folks persist In saying that
Mr. Bryan and. his dove of peace are
the whole cabinet.
An author of note assures us that
.the novel which aspires to bo among
the bIx best sellers "will not be
linked permanently to the garbage
can." Of course, this Is no admis
sion as to tho present condition of
our popular fiction.
,Some friend of Governor Cox of
Ohio Is making a btg-to-do over the
fact that the governor has re
deemed fifty-seven ante-electton
pledges "fifty-seven varieties,
mark it down." But is It such a re
markable thing for a democrat to
redeem a. campaign promise?
iAcordlng tajCouurn of Kansas.
tb wheat -acreage, planted right
now is the largest In the Btate's his
tory, and Its' condition tho highest
slice 1"4 00.- That's -"something to
bujtrd on? and we take it that sub
stantially similar report could be
made for Nebraska.
The 18-year-old clerk In New
York who stole $60,000 has gone to
Sing Sing for from two and one
half to four years. Something is
wroas with the, management of
,' business, concern that makes It .pos
sible for an untried youthful subor
dinate to get away with JG0.000,
. Still, if some of the effort to--ward
laying a foundation for mu.
jilcip! ownership of all public util
ities were directed toward reducing
the vr.ebber" -rates - for service from
the rwater works, already munlclp
Hy'WMM, the appearance of con
sistency would be more striking.
Why Not Do it Now?
The snvclal law committee ap
pointed to Advise the forthcoming
meeting of tho republican national
commlttco of Its powers and limita
tions reports that the commltteo has
no expressly coriferred authority to
eh on go tho representation, ratio, but
that there is nothing to prevent it
from calling nn intermediate na
tional convention to make the de
sired change.
With due respoct to the high
character and ability of the commit
tee, and without questioning Its
findings of law, we may doubt the
wisdom of Us conclusion. The fact
Is that there Is no precedent for
either proposed action, and If the
national committee calls an inter
mediate convention it will bo strik
ing' out on new ground Just as much
as' if It "wore to change tho appor
tionment In fact, more so, because
It has changed the apportionment
once or twlco In minor detail, sub
ject to subsequent ratification by
the next convention.
If a new and more equitable ap
portionment Is wanted, It Is merely
a question of tho best and quickest
way to accomplish tho result. The
party organization corresponds most
closely with our federal and state
system. If tho national commltteo
were to go ahead with a satisfactory
reapportionment plnn submitting
It, as congress submits a constitu
tional amendment, to be effective an
soon as approved by the state organ
izations of three-fourths of the
states thero would be no trouble
about it whatovor. When thus
adopted, no one could question tho
legality of the procedure or take ex
ception to It. The next convention
would then bo made up' on the new
plan, whereas the proposed Interme
diate convention, cnllpd on the. old
apportionment, would renew and ac
centuate tho very Inequalities of
representation wo aro trying to" got
away from, and we have no assur
ance thoy, .would bo1 corrected with
out a sharp conflict.
The Mothers' Club Idea.
In addressing tho Mothers' club
of the vicinity of Monmouth Park
school, MIbs Tobltt, city librarian,
said:
I reirret tn lav Hint anm nnimu nf
the library' read manv linnUa hut r:
member little or 'nothing of what they
read. The children 'ought to be taught
to think about what they read and they
ought to be helped In cheesing good
books to read. '
It tho mothers will tako that In
formation and advice seriously and
apply it consistently tho effect will
be a substantial warrant for tho ex
istence of such an organization an a
mothers club, Like any .other good
advice, Ub real value llesn einDllca-
llon. . Ir.the light of Mies .Tobltt's
... T
wmuiy HUBKosuoHB u is easy io con
colvo of largo useful
from this or any similar mothers'
club. Tho Deo has but rocently called
attention to the. extrepie Importance,
Of directing - the child's rnnrllnir
which should bo done with Just as
much care' ami vigilance as-exorcised
in the selection of his bodily fo6d,
Tho education given the child at
school' Is by no moans nil the nd il ra
tion ho needs and tho mothers' club
idea suggests a link for coupling up
the home with tho school in a way
that Is productive of muoh good.
This thing of devouring books.
but not digesting them, is bad for
young or old. Not infrequently one
uvuio u. njun mention me many
books lie has read, rb if that woro
something to boast of. Quality
counta moro than'quantlty in book
reading. Careful discrimination and
thoughtfulness must be galne'd from
reading or the reading Is vam.
Federal Corporation Law.
Manufacturers of tho middle west
have again projected tho plan- for a
single federal corporation law in
stead of the many state regulations
affecting their business. The time,
however, Is perhaps not propitious
with congress under absolute control
of the democratic party, always the
party of state rights. Tho manu
facturers, like tho common carriers,
doing Interstate business, naturally
would prefer ono system of regula
tion to forty-eight, although it must
be said thoy have not as a rule
courted control of any kind or come,
to their present position entirely
without some spurrlng-on from
rather rigid state laws.
But the manufacturers are enti
tled to be taken at their word now
and may be expected to produce
some strong argument for federal
in preference to' state regulation 'of
Interstate business. "There Is . a
plan of reformation, legally and
commercially, . fair and reasonable
alike to all," says the president of
the association. '"I believe that
congress has the power and should
exercise It to enact a general na
tional corporation law, equitably
and comprehensively fashioned and
available to all corporations that en
gage In interstate business." Even
tually such a step will have to be
taken, even though It wait until the
democrats are unhorsed. The whole
tendency of governmental relations
to corporations points that way and
the people are not apt lo Ignore for
ever modern principles merely for
the sake of preserving an antiquated
theory of states rights.
Cheer up. the sun shines even In
Oregon, every now and then.
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Thirty. Venn Ago
ueneral Wlntlclu Scott Hancock was
a visitor to Omaha today, coming In two
special earn with a party. Including
Irs. Hancock, Mrs. Foster, Mr. Russell
and Mr. Barbour In one car. and Mc-
Kenzle Bowel),, minister of customs fori
Canada, his wife, two daughters, .son
and servants in the other car. They
were met at the transfer by General
'Howard, and proceeded west at noon.
The English Lutheran Sunday school
Is rehearsing a cantata to be produced
In the holidays.
A. g. Patrick has opened an office at
318 South Fourteenth street, where he
Is putting on the market a new addi
tion to the city named "Patrick's ad
dition." The addition covers twenty
acres on Saunders street, only a quar
ter of a mile from the present street
cax terminus.
Mrs. E. P. Davlst Hit Chicago street.
wants a girl for general housework.
New officers of engine company No. 1
are Charles O. Hunt, president; George
A. Coulter, vice president; D. W. Iane.
secretary; W. J. Whltchouee. treasurer:
A. J. Herrotd, foreman; George Shields.
urst assistant, and I E. Cassldy. sec
ond assistant.
M. A. McNamara returned from a,
business trip to Salt Lake City. Ogdcn
and other western points.
As a special Inducement to smokers
Max Meyer & Co. offer fresh Imported
cigars at from 10.60 to J30 per 100.
Twenty Years Ago
Rev. Franlc Crane of First Methodist
church was laid up with the Influenza,
otherwise lagrlppe.
Peter F. Dalley and his "Country
Sport" company left for Chicago. .
Nate Elliot was downtown for the first
time since he was taken sick some three
weeks ago,
County Clerk Sackett returned from
Illinois, where' he visited his old hoine
for two' weeks.'
Councilman Sol Trlnce fathered a roso.
lutlon at the city council meeting to sett
.11. nl.ml... 11 . . . I
ua me iy lor iijo
formal opening or the new city hail. Th
plan waa for an elaborate ceremony.
Judge Djindy of the federal court re
fused to allow 'John M. Thurston's . re
utiest for an annual salary of $l?,OOoto
each of the five receivers of the Union
Pacific. The judge said It was folly, tj
nllow any suth exorbitant amount for
the work fullinp to these gentlemen.1- Ho
was Indisposed, to name a definite fig
ure until he saw what they really did,
but he felt certain thatJU.COO was ton
much.
H. Victor White and Mary B. Moors,
obtained license to wed on the morrow.
Ten Years A go
George U. Prllchett discussed the
"Property itlghts of Women" before th
Omaha Philosophical society. The trend
of his observations was that women en-
Joy Increasing larger rights with the
advance of modern times.
Ida M. Tarbcll's scathing Standard Oil
articles weto being advertised In ' the
columns of The Bee. adqrned by John D.
Rockefeller s photo.
R. p. Willis, editor of the Beemer
Times, put In the day In ye metropolis.
Judge J. II. Llndale of West Point, was
In- town. '
The Elks held their memorial for -the
departed dead at Boyd theater. The first
address was made by Frank S, Howell
b'hi Frank Crawford read one written
by W, If. Thompson of drand Island.'
On (ho flower-decorated stage among the
others sat Messrs. Howell and Crawford',"
Arthur C. Wakeley, Major R. 8. Wil
cox, Lyste Abbott, Lulu Gibson, Johrt .L.
Kennedy, Charles L. launders, Thomas
Kllpatrlck and II. Vance Lane.
-It was reported ln-rntlroad- circles that
a plan waa on foot looking to the ab
sorption by tha Northwestern of the
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, already,
In fact, a part of the. Northwestern sys
tem. United States Senator Charles II. Diet
rich spent the day at the Her Grand.
People Talked About
Nathan Mrllnek, 13 years old, has as
tonished St. Louis by chanting Hebrew
psalms and orthodox ritual for three
hours without a break,
One Dr. Burgess, operating the "Atomo
Radio Medical Institute" of Chicago,
achieved the topnotch' medical speed by
turning out a full-fledged "doctor" In
four seconds.
By a flawless system of exchanging
transfers properly punched, conductors on
the 'Chicago & Jollet electric "knocked
down" more than the company would
stand for and twenty of them were ar
rested In one day last week. When
working In form, one expert Is said to
have averaged 11. So an hour.
From a pugilist to a preacher tn one
year's time Is the tecord of Mark Beer
of Wlckboro, Pa., who recently preached
his first sermon tn the Brethren of Christ
church. Brer a year ago waa a pugilist,
but he experienced a change of heart,
and his friends predict for him a suc
cessful career tn the ministry.
A committee of congressmen on a trip
of Inspection to the Panama canal sailed
Into a gale (n the gulf on the way down
and were given an awful shake up and
down and otherwise rudely maltreated.
Every member coughed up with more
pain and weariness of spirit than ever
experienced by alsorans on election night.
Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina
continues scoffing at Justice and society.
Last week he pardoned a batch of 100 con
victs, twenty-eight of them serving life
sentences for murder and twenty-eight
for manslaughter. Even by working
overtime the courta cannot keep pace
with the governor's speed as a pardoner.
When Gilbert Somerset pt Los Antfotes,
Cal., rectved a notice that anMinttampe.
lUer addressed to him. had been de
posited In the poetofflce there he did not
think It worth while to furnish 3 cents
for its transportation, but a second no
tire Induced him to provide n stamp. The
letter contained a check tor 11,191
Whenever In feeding hard coat Into the
furnace a thought of the cost obtrudes.
forget the thought and draw whatever
consolation you can from the fact thai
your luxurious style of heating also
warmed the "Cockles of the hearts'' of
Lackawanna stockholders who have
drawn a 30 per cent dividend this year.
"I expect to be dotng my regular duty
as a police officer when I am 100 years
old," said Oliver Noughton to friends
who congratulated him on his ninety
third birthday. Houghton, who has serv ed
continuously on the Weymouth (Mass.)
force since the civil war, la probably the
oldest policeman now In active service
In the United States.
In Other Lands
The Knlser'a Trouble.
A succession of administrative troubles
that harass the soul of the kaiser mark
the closing year In Germany. The reve
lations at the recent Krupp trial show
ing the close relations between militarism
and the gun foundry proved exceedingly
annoying. .Of course, the chief dis
tributer of the gun foundry pelf and
two grafting army officers were con
victed, but conviction only partially
atones for the blazing light turned on
the manufacture of war scares and the
sympathetic' bond between militarism and
the making of guns and armor plate.
Moreover, the revelations furnished
abundant reasons for scoffing at official
patriots appealing for Increased appro
priations. The outburst of Indignation
at the opening session of the Reichstag,
last Wednesday, though provoked by
race riots In Alsace, had Its taproots In
the Krupp scandal and In the growing
burden of military and naval expenses.
For forty years" the conquered French
provinces have been a -source of Irrlta.
tlon to victor and vanquished. 1 French
In origin and association the resident
resolutely refused to be Germanized. Llk'e
the Poles In Prussian Poland, they "re
sisted quietly eVery attempt to alter
their racial customs. Military rule, In
tensified by the customary harshness of
the conqueror, served to strengthen the
determined resistance of the natives,
which occasionally overleaped the bounds
of restraint, as the Zahern Incident Illus
trates. On top of these annoyances leaps
the high cost of living, which has turned
an opulent Imperial treasury, balance Into
a deficit, necessitating the sale of ono of
the kaiser's palaces.
Ilrmllr I.ure nf (iolll.
Colonel W. C. Gorgas, the sanitary
conqueror of the Panama canal zone.
Is speeding to South Africa In response
to an Invitation from the authorities of
the South African union to consult with
them on ways and means of reducing
the appalling death rate among em-
ployes In and about the tcold mines of
the Rnnd According to the Govern
ment Gazette, In the first three months
of the present year there were IS3
diaths from accidents on or In the mines,
and these figures simply represent th-3
normal rate, over 1,000 a year. In the
'fame period there were 2,010 deaths
fiom diseases nincng the miners. Includ
ing both, natives and whites. During the
ten years cnuing uccemDer Ji. iui:, ino
number of natives who died of disease
while actually working In the mines was
T-2,200, and the number killed or Injured
In accidents was 16, Soft. And In the Inst
five years .33,10(1 were "Invalided" homo
-sent away to die. The minister of
native affairs recently described the
death rate nmong tropical natives at the
mines as "little less than murder" It
had then readied 118 per 1,000; and In the
house of assembly It was stated- by
Mr. Madeley that at some of the mines
the death Aite among whites employed
underground was no less than 160 per
1,00). Truly theawfu! toll of llfo Is n
mighty price Ao pay for the huge golden
dividends poured Into British coffers.
Nestor of Modern Uolcrn.
Kn'iperor Francis Joseph cqmpleted on
Tuesday last the. sixty-fifth year of con
tinuous- rule of the Austrian empire. This
constitutes the record reign of modern
times.' A searcher of bygone rnonarchlal
-j - -
sepstrl of Greece, who held ,hla throne
elxty-seven years, for a- credible record
p( ,cqlat length, but that .was thirty cen
turies , ago, rip. the early years of his
relgnBmpcror FranclsJoaeph author
ized or permitted a (Treat deal of shoot
ing and flogging. On one occasion the
mother of a victim of his shooting squadj.
cursed the emperor In scathing terms,
and his career Is a remarkable fulfillment
of that mother's condemnation. As an Il
lustration - thj'e Londo'n "Everyman cites
the tragedy of the square of Queretaro,
where his, brother and Ill-fated Em
peror Maximilian faced a Mexican firing
party; the tragedy of the Vatican, where
his sister-in-law, the Empress Charlotte,
lost her reason, never to recover It; the
tragedy of Meyerllng, where his only son
died In his shame with his mistress;
the tragedy of Parts, where his sister-
in-law, the Duchess d'Alencon, perished
In the flames nt the bazar de la charlto;
the tragedy of the Pacific ocean, where
hta relative, "John Orth," vanished,
leaving no trace or record; the tragedy
of Geneva, where his wife was struck
down without warning by the assassin's
dagger all these things could be rep
resented as so many stages In 'the un
tiring and undevtattng march of Nemesis,
Affairs In China.
Out of the mass of conflicting reports
of doings In the young "republic" of
China, one fact risea quite clear Pres
ident Tuan Shlh Kal la the whole works.
True, he has a cabinet, an executive
Mnate, and other Job holders, but what
Yuan says goes without argument. He
opens and closes the debate, and no
understrapper possessing any regard for
his neck questions the wisdom of Yuan's
Plans. He has dissolved a disagreeable
parliament and substituted an appoint
ive body of a few members. Embarrus
sing sections of the constitution were re-,
pealed and others substituted without
the bother and expense of a primary.
Offensive patty opponents and rebellious
army officers have been silenced with
the axe, Confucianism has been pro
claimed the religion of the people. The
army Is In process of reorganization, and
every loaning agensy has been touched
for funds to finance the government
The "Ideal republic"' of China" Is a
dream of yesterday. The dictatorship of
Yuan Bhih Kal Is the reality of today.
HI
Crime In London.
The report of the commissioner qf
police of London for the year 1912 chal
lenges the attention of peace officers of
American cities. During the year In
that city of 7,000.000 people there were
twenty-three murders. In every case
the murderer was arrested. Nine of them
committed suicide. They knew that
trial meant conviction, ami that con
lctlon meant the death sentence and
txecutlon. General technicality ts dis
credited over there, and appeals and
delays rarely are permitted to sldetn'
the hangman's loop. Four murderers
await trial. -Five were tried and ad
judged Insane. The other five were
ccnvictixl and sentenced to death, and
the sentence has betn executed. Tho
tecord Is a tribute to the certainty and
celerity of Justice with the bark on.
Roosa for ImproTtuest,
Clsvsland Plain Dealer.
Now that the senate fs to be composed
if msn elected by the people it may de
cide to do away wtlh Its antiquated ruls
of courtesy and the privilege of unlimited
debate, thereby transforming Itself Into
a real legislative body.
As to Convention
Reapportionment
rrom artlels by Victor Bosswatsr,
- Editor of T&e Bse, In Occsmbir
Political Belsaoe Quarterly.
After reviewing the history of delegate
representation In republican conventions,
the five different schemes of reapportion
ment ttlat have been offered In the past
are taken up. It Is explained that "all
consideration of the; subject Is on the
assumption that we are to continue our
president-choosing, at least 'for the Im
mediate future, by the mebhanlsm of
convention nominations and electoral col
lege balloting, and that nominations by
a nation-wide presidential primary and
election by direct popular vote aro still
more or less remote." The article then
concludes:
"For the 1919 convention the repub
licans have conditions confronting thent
which wero not within the purview of any
of these reapportionment plans when pro-,
posed. No one pretends that the vote
polled for the republican candidate In
1MJ would furnish ,a fair basis for any
of these apportionment schemes. Kvery
one knows that in tvo states the repub
licans were deprived last year of even a
party place on the ballot In many states
large numbers of republicans voted the
democratic ticket or the progressive ticket
with no Intention of permanently aban
doning their own party, and they expect
to participate in the next presidential
preliminaries In fact, the very purpose
of reorganization Is to bring them back.
The strangest thing fa that the southern J
states, for the moBt part, whose ovcr
rcpresentatlon had precipitated' the trou- j
hie, would suffer lets from the defections
In the last election than would several I
northern states priding themselves on be- j
Ing the bulwark of the republican party. !
To go back to 1P0S .for a basis of rcpre- I
mentation would hardly supply the de
ficiency, for under normal stress the
changes of eight years would niter rela
tive values, and It ts certain 19uS returns
do not now reflect the distribution of
the party's strength between and within
the states and territories.
"Still another new development de
mands consideration, and that Is this
change In the body of the' electorate. If
the disfranchisement of the blic's In
the south vitiated the allotment of dele
gates on the electoral college plan, the
enfranchisement of the women In other
states, almost doubling the number of
voters, has there sent the pendulum as
far In the other direction. A congres
sional district In California, for example,
elects but one member o' congress( (bc'r.R
apportioned on the basis of population)
and adds but ono member to the electoral
college, but In choosing convention dele
gates such district, it awarded an addi
tional delegate for each 10,(00 votes or
nisjor fraction, would have two for one
as compared with tho nonsuffrage dis
trict. Tho unfairness of this dlspropor
tlnnnto representation would differ- onljf
tn degreo from the unfairness of giving
to southern states convention delegates
for disfranchised black' voters shut out! of
the polls at tho election. I '
"Still another new condition must' ftlsq
be borne In mind, although the obstacle
thus presented la perhaps local. Quite
'a few of our states have enacted leglsln-.
tlon purporting to govern the election 'or
national convention' delegates. In my
own state of Nebraska, In Ayisconsln, In
Oregon, and I believe, also Jn other states
which have similar statutes, this law pro
vides for.the choosing of delegats forul
political parties at one primary, .election,
and In the same manner. As drawn It
calls for the election every- fourth year
of four delegates-at-large npd two' dele
gates In each congressional district; ;ln
other words, all these laws assume the
permanency of the existing apportion
ment. Uf they control they must be
changed to meet any change promulgated
by the party Itself. It should be mentioned
that ablo lawyers wholly deny to tht
states any power to legislate over national
convention or to fix the representation
of the state In 'such conventions. It Is,
however, not necessary In this connection
to explain the reasoning or to pursue, the
point they make.
"One may concede the Injustice of the
present apportionment and yet reply
that It la easy to criticise and to pick
to pieces. It ts a proper and pertinent
question to eak what one has to', offer
In Us place. From my study of the sub
ject I am convinced that the national
nominating convention should rest on the
same dual basis of equality between the
states and proportion to numbers as
does the national legislature Jn tta two
branches. I would retain the delegates-at-large
for the atatft tn doubte the number
of Its senators ap. now., apa i wouiu
accord- each congressional district ono
one delegate with the right to earn an
additional delegate, or delegates, by,
substantial contribution to the voting
strength of the party. To avoid the
disproportion arising from the varying
suffrage qualifications In the different
states, I would compute this ratio, not
by abtolute number of 10,000 votes, but
by a proportion, say 30 or 25 percent of
the entire vote for president cast In
each particular district. If the vote
were doubled then by the Inclusion of
the women, the percentage representa
tion would still maintain t.b parity. In
the matter of the territories, the District
of Columbia and the Insular posses
sion, I would go back to the original
plan of the first republican conventions,
which also conforms to the practice of
congress and admit territorial dele
gates to have a voice tn the councils of
the party, but with no vote in them.
Reduced to the text of a definite pro
posa this Is what I would offer:
That representation In the next repub
lican convention be apportioned as fol-
'Four delegates-at-large from each state.
One additional delegate-at-large from
each state for each representative In con
gress elected at large.
One delegate from each congressional
district.
One additional delegate from each con
cessional district In which the repub
llcan candidate polled more than one
fourth of the total vote last cast for
president in such district, and one ad
ditional delegate for each additional one
fourth of said total vote so poHd.
Two delegates each from Alaska, the
Dlrtrlct of Columbia. Hawaii, Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands, which dele
gates shall have a voice In the conven
tion, but no vote either In the convention
or In any of its committees.
"The advantages which should com
mend this proposal, as I see them, may be
briefly enumerated:
"(1.) It Insures a national, as against
a sectional, party organisation. It does
this by according delegate representation
tn, the convention to every state, con
gressional dlstnct and territorial pos
session. "(1) It makes party strength a main,
but not exclusive, factor In determining
representation. To that extent It re.
duces the disproportion of representation
and gives effective voice to the party
membership In states which must be de
pended on to elect the ticket
"(3.) It holds to the dual unit of
state anil congressional district repre
sentation with accompanying safeguards
against misrepresentation of each con
stituency. . .
"(4.) It provides sgalnst complete dis
franchisement of party membership In
any state by 'grandfather clauses, or
other arbitrary restrictions, Imposed by
legislatures unfer domination of a 'hos
tile political party.
"(5.) It contains an element of elas
ticity by which It will adjust Itself to
changes In the electorate whether lim
ited by education tests or .poll taxes or
enlarged by woman suffrage. This per
centage method of computation would
also protect the representation where but
a small total vote Is polled in states or
districts practically uncontested because'
'sure for one side or the other.
"(6.) While formulated to meet the
conditions of republican convention rep
resentation. It will stand the test of
general application, and would In like
manner work a similar Improvement In
the apportionment plan of the demo
crats, the progressives, or of any polit
ical party In tho national arena."
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